Film Map for Scrutineers
Created in 1995 as an M.A. project to re-categorise film genres. A guide to broaden film viewing, and explore themes as diverse as flared trousers and certain awesome flights of steps…
The Scrutineer offers this guide for a discerning audience. The Scrutineer doesn’t purport to be an academic or critic. The Scrutineer has an offbeat approach which can always, ultimately, be justified…
Ever stood in a video store staring blankly at 100’s of titles, brain whirring, too much choice? Never again with the Film Map for Scrutineers ~ whatever your mood, it will guide you to the films you need to see. From Star Wars to Badlands, Toy Story to Le Samourai, Towering Inferno to Vertigo, the worlds greatest films are listed, inter-linked, categorized, juxtaposed and double-billed to offer you hours of entertainment!
Two different ways to choose your film viewing: Follow one of nine lines that take you to the films that suit your mood or go to one of thirty-two stations that group films under unpredictable headings. Colour-coded titles under the headings suggest alternatives to those films that fall on the mood route line… Five minutes spent with the Film Map for Scrutineers before a visit to the video store will save you hours of indecision!